Back to work in the sewing room

Church at Tjeldsund, norway

I have had such a wonderful time this summer. Beautiful younger daughter got married in this church in the Lofoten Islands, Norway and now I have a new son-in-law who we all love very much. In fact I love having boys in the family all together and acquiring them via my daughters is a huge delight for me!

The sun shone and the dress was perfect.... we did the buttons up with a crochet hook..... 

wedding dress with green ribbon

In Norway there is a big tradition of a cake table at the reception. This is a brilliant idea and I intend to embrace it at every party we have! This is a camping scene cake:

Wedding cake with Playmobil

Now I am back to normal and thinking about the next quilts to make. I have found it hard to get started so I decided to make a few small quilts for Project Linus UK to get my quilting skills back up to scratch. These quilts give such comfort to children in need of an extra cuddle and are so worth making. Here is the first one:

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

And some close ups....

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

I love the backing fabric with princesses and unicorns, it is called Bloom by Clothworks...

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

This is the next one:

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

It is a woven style pattern which I have been wanting to try for ages....

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

It was a good one to try out free motion quilting too...

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

This the label which is sewn on all Project Linus UK quilts before they are given to the children.

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

This is the third quilt, I used the diggers material as a whole metre of fabric as the pictures were too good to cut up! I added two strips top and bottom to make the quilt a bit bigger, then quilted all over in grids and squiggles. The backing fabric is a recycled Ikea duvet cover.

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

The next one is a small cot size, using simple 2.5 inch squares of scrap fabrics:

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

I love the owls' expressions of slight surprise :

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

Last one, using a pattern from Sunday Morning Quilts  by Amanda Jean

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

Just some gentle hearts and curls on the quilting:

Patchwork quilt by Green Star Quilts

While I am waiting for fabric to arrive, I am trying to tidy the sewing room and finish more half started projects, ahhhh the horrors I have under the sewing table in a big box..... all coming to light now!

 

Confetti, lavender and rose petals from our gardens

And the church again because it is so beautiful and we had such a happy time.....

Tjeldsund church, Lofoten Islands, Norway

I'm very glad to be back, sewing blogging and reading all your blogs too,

Happy autumn quilting,

Kind regards,

Sue